How To Make Candles
This guide is for our candle making kit with tins and aromatherapy blends. Scroll down for more candle making tips.​
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​Click here for my candle making kit with aromatherapy scents
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Before you begin making your candles, make your faux petals. Photo guides are found in the kits.
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Step One - Weigh your wax.
The candle tins in my kits need approximately 85-90 grams of wax (half of the bag included in the kit).
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Step Two - Secure your wicks.
Centrally secure your wick using a sticky dot and support the wick with the prop.
Step Three - Melt your wax.
I recommend using a double boiler (a bowl or the silicone jug over a shallow pan of simmering water) to gently melt the wax. Stirring helps prevent bubbles forming in your candles. Continuously stir your wax until it has completely melted, then remove from the heat.
If you prefer to use a microwave: Heat your wax in a the silicone jug, on a low setting, for short bursts so you can stir your wax regularly until it has completely melted.
Step Four - Add your berry crafty oils blends.
Allow the wax to cool for a few minutes. Ideally you'll want your wax to be about 65 centigrade. The wax will start to look opaque on the surface. Then add 10ml of the candle safe blends included in your kit per candle.
The Berry Crafty candle making kits contain expertly blended scents to provide a good scent throw and be safe to use in your candles.
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Step Five - Pour your wax.
Allowing the wax to cool slightly will avoid your candle frosting, or dipping in the middle. Wait until your wax becomes opaque on the surface give it a good stir and then pour. If the wax has become too thick to pour, warm it up slightly. Pour the wax into your tin nice and slowly. Allow your candles to set for 48hours before burning them.
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OPTIONAL: ROSE GOLD FLAKES & SALT CRYSTALS & FAUX PETALS
Once you've poured your wax, allow it cool slightly more, then carefully add your rose gold flakes, salt crystals and faux petals to decorate your candles.
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Enjoy your handmade aromatherapy candle, the tin will get very hot while burning, so please use a candle stand.
Please refer to my CLP guide if you are planning to give away or sell your scented candles.
Tips & Tricks
All Berry Crafty candle making kits contain Nature Soy wax C3.
Nature wax has a melting point is between 71.1 to 93.3°C.
The pouring temperature differs according to the ambient temperature of the room.
Ambient room Temp. Pouring temp.
15.6 to 21.1°C 76.7 to 82.2°C
21.1 to 26.7°C 71.1 to 76.7°C
26.7 to 32.2°C 62.8 to 68.3°C
It is always best to warm the candle mould or container before pouring your wax.
The best way to melt wax is in a double boiler, as this avoids heat pockets and bubbles in your candles. If you melt your candle wax in a microwave, its best to use a low setting and stir regularly.
Dyes are best added while heating/melting the wax, colour flakes require heat to melt fully into the wax.
It's then best to allow the wax to cool slightly before adding Essential oils or fragrances. This reduces risk of evaporation of the essential/fragrance oils.
To avoid candle shrinkage or frosting, its best to allow the wax to cool before pouring. The temperature will vary due to the ambient room temperature(see above). By sight, while the wax is liquid with a slight opaque quality, its a pretty good time to pour. I prefer to pour super slow too, this will help to avoid sink holes in your candle.
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Practice makes perfect :)